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W. M. CARR.

v CANE STRIPPING MACHINE. N0.442, 01 5. Patented Dec. 2, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM hi. CARR, OF TYRONE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF 'lWO- 'lHIRDS TO WILLIAM J. VATERFILL AND EDVARD B. HAHN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CAN E-STRIPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,015, dated December 2, 1890.

Application filed August '7, 1890 To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. CARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tyrone, in the county of Anderson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cane-Stripping Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in a cane stripping machine, the object of which is to remove the leaves and other loose parts of sugar-cane, that the cane may be in readiness for crushing.

My invention will be described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanping drawings, in which- Figure l isa perspective View of my invention as applied to use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on a line with the horizontal knife and the center of the holes in the strippingplates. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the sta- 2 5 tionary blade 0.

Referring in detail to the several parts of my invention, and designating the same by letter, A are the vertical standards, adapted to the support of the horizontal bar B and also to sustain the stationary blade (7, as will be seen in the drawings. Said standards A are erected upon a table or other suitable supports and are a sufficient distance apart to provide for the reception of the movable blade D, as shown. This movable blade is secured in position closely against the stationary blade 0 by means of the guides E, which admit of the blade D having an upward and downward movement, as will be readily understood. lhestationaryand movable blades are each provided with an egg-shaped hole of a sufficient size to receive the largest-sized cane to be stripped. The edge of the hole in the blade 0 is beveled, so that the part of the 5 hole nearest the operator will be larger than that of the opposite side, while the edge of the hole in the movable blade is also beveled, and it will be further seen that the smaller end of the hole in the blade 0 is pointed down- 5o ward, while the order is reversed in the mov- Serial No. 361,250. (No model.)

able blade. From this arrangement it will be seen that when the movable blade is brought downward the size of the hole will be gradually lessened, and thus made to conform to the varying sizes of cane at the will of the operator. To the lower end of the movable blade is attached a weight of sufficient size to readily act upon the blade and draw thesame snugly, though firmly, against the cane, and thus hold the cutting or stripping edges to their work.

To the horizontal bar is mounted on its under side a trolley or pulley wheel 13, arranged to receive a rope or cord, one end of which is secured to the upper end of the movable blade, while the other reaches over the pulley-wheel and thence downward, to a conveniently-arranged pedal that may be operated by the foot of the attendant. From this arrangement it will be seen that a downward pressure of the foot of the operator will cause the cord to act upon the movable blade, and thus draw the same upward until the holes in both blades. shall coincide with each other, when the strip per is in readiness to receive the cane to be 7 5 stripped. The smaller end of the cane is in serted in a hole and the pressure of the foot is removed from the pedal,when the movable blade D, actuated by the weight upon its lower end, will pass downward until the upper edge of the hole therein presses against the cane, when it maybe drawn through and the beveled edges of the holes will remove all the blades. The object of the egg-shaped holes is to enable the cutting or stripping edges of both holes to readily conform to the varying sizes of the cane. When alarge cane passes through, the movable blade remains well up in the guides, and as a smaller cane is passing through, or as the smaller end of 0 the cane is being stripped, the movable blade will automatically close downward and snugly press against the same and enable all the blades to be removed.

Upon the outersurface of the movable blade 5 is adj ustably secured the vertically-arranged knife Gr. It will be seen that this knife is provided in its upper end or handle with the longitudinal slots g, adapted to be engaged by a projecting lug H, so that the knife will Ico be enabled to move up and down vertically upon said lug. The object of the knife is to enable the operator to so'adj ust it that it will project slightly past the edge of the hole, and thus split the side of the cane as it is drawn through the hole during the operation of stripping. By thus cutting the sides of the cane the extraction of the juices is greatly facilitated.

Having thus described the advantages and operation of my invention, further description is deemed unnecessary.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cane-stripper consisting of the stationary blade provided with the beveled eggshaped' hole, said blade mounted upon the standards, which in turn carry the horizontal bar B, having attached to its under side the pulley-wheel F, the guides E, secured to the sides of the stationary blade and adapted to receive the movable blade D to allow the same an upward and downward movement therein, substantially as described, and for the purpose named.

2. In a cane-stripping machine, the combination of the stationary blade, the standards secured to the table or other supports, the horizontal bar mounted on the upper ends of the standards, the guides secured to the stationary blade, the movable blade mounted therein and carrying on its outer surface the adjustable knife G, adapted to split the body of the cane, and the trolley-wheel depending from the under side of the horizontal bar and adapted to receive the actuating-rope, substantially as described, and for the purpose named.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. CARR.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. STEWART, W. H. MORGAN. 

